  Fantastic Plastic Machine's body of work, more than any other artist featured on this website, has undergone significant evolution since its early days. With heavy, recognizable inspiration from the early bossa-nova-electric-type music of Japan in the early 90s and late 80s (Pizzicato Five is the obvious example), growing into a more elaborate, cut-and-pastey club feel, and then back and forth again, it's fair to say that each new album FPM produces will be derived from the past but have a healthy element of what's coming in the future. More recently, Tomoyuki Tanaka (Fantastic Plastic Machine) has been doing commercial work for creative advertising campaigns that are looking for a genuine, interesting feel. Tanaka's work has a feel of recognizable originality to it, which is why companies such as Uniqlo and Louis Vuitton in Japan have used him for promotional material. He of course also has a solid body of work released under his own name, and is paving the way for future Japanese DJs and their ability to incorporate work and material that DJs might not instinctively turn to. He has done work for Bonnie Pink, Rip Slyme, Crystal Kay, and others. Back
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